Germiston South recently residents raised concerns about traffic congestion caused by unfinished repairs at the corner of Webber Road and Galway Street.

ALSO READ: Substation in Klopperpark upgraded

The City of Ekurhuleni attended to a water leak complaint which was fixed by October 4.

Akhona Maxhawulana, a business owner in the area, said the road problem started after the water leak was attended to.

“There are road barriers left to cordon off where they dug to repair the water leak,” said Maxhawulana.

She requested that the CoE fix the road surface as the road barriers cause traffic congestion.

“The traffic is made worse by the constant load-shedding because traffic lights do not work during these periods.

“There is limited parking space and customers park their cars on the road and interrupt the ongoing flow of traffic,” said Maxhawulana.

Previously, residents raised issues of safety during the time the water was leaking.

Due to the continuous leak, the top soil eroded and created a pothole which posed a danger to residents and motorists.

“Children passed by the pothole on their way to school.

“They always pushed each other when they get near the pothole and they were are at risk of being injured,” Maxhawulana.

ALSO READ: City clamps down on illegal trading in Ekurhuleni

Jan van Tonder said at the time the water leak lasted for months with water running on the road.

“In a week the pothole was about a metre wide. It might have been deeper as well,” said van Tonder.

“I had to warn children not to go near it. Some of them try to look into the pothole,” he said.

“We reported this to Ekurhuleni call centre and received a reference number. At first the pothole was not even cordoned off that is why children played around it,” said van Tonder.

“Workers eventually arrived and used yellow tape to cordon off the area to prevent cars from driving into this pothole,” said van Tonder.

ALSO READ: CoE warns businesses of bogus environmental health practitioners

City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) spokesperson Zweli Dlamini said in a case where residents suffered a loss due to the City’s neglect they can visit the Insurance and Risk section which is now situated on the second floor, 141 Victoria Street, Golden Heights Building in Germiston or contact the office on 011 999 6550.

“The public liability claim is submitted when a third party suffers losses attributable to the actions or negligence of the municipality or its employees, subject to the claimant discharging necessary onus of proof,” said Dlamini.